Due to school closings and inclement weather the Monday's van delivery for the west route is canceled. This effects the following schools; Wayne, Chariton, Seymour, Eddyville Blakesburg Fremont, Moravia, Albia, AEA Albia. Van delivery will continue on Tuesday and all Monday scheduled items will be delivered by Wednesday, January 18.

Due to inclement weather and schools closing for MLK the van delivery for the GPAEA's east route is canceled. Delivery will continue on Tuesday, January 17. Monday materials not delivered will be delivered by Wednesday, January 18th.

Due to inclement weather and school delays, there will be a 2 hour delay for Check & Connect Training Day 2 in Ottumwa scheduled today, January 12, 2017. Please contact Shelli Blazic at 319-750-7215 with further questions.

Please be advised that the second bargaining session between Great Prairie Area Education Agency and the Great Prairie Education Association will be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 4:30 PM in the Great Prairie AEA Conference Room, 2000 West Jackson, Fairfield, IA 52556. The Agency will present their opening proposal. Presentation will be open to the public and then closed for deliberation.

The in-person Tech Coordinator Meeting has been CANCELED due to the morning forecast for Snow, Freezing Rain and Fog. The Tech Coordinators group will meet via ZOOM at 9:30am for an ERATE update from Pam Jacobs as scheduled (https://zoom.us/j/833974990), and the iBoss Zoom session will still be held via Zoom at 1pm (https://zoom.us/j/146820519).

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Great Prairie Area Education Agency works as an educational partner with public and accredited, nonpublic schools to help students, school staff, parents and communities. Great Prairie AEA provides professional development and leadership to promote school improvement, a variety of instructional services, special education support services, and technology and media services. It is the policy of the Great Prairie Education Agency not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices. There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy please contact Greg Manske, 3601 West Avenue, Burlington, IA 52601, (319) 753-6561 x1217, greg.manske@gpaea.org (employment practices) or Deb Cook, 2814 N. Court Street, Ottumwa, IA 52501, (641) 682-8591 x5324, deb.cook@gpaea.org (educational programs).